Cooling shroud for a post-manufacture glass container thermal strengthening station

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9133051
APP PUB NO 20110289975A1
SERIAL NO

13114744

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An apparatus for manufacturing strengthened glass containers, and more particularly the construction and operation of a cooling shroud in an apparatus for thermally strengthening glass containers in a glass container manufacturing line at a location intermediate the hot end and the cold end. Glass containers formed at an I. S. machine are conveyed through a special tempering Lehr that heats them uniformly to a high temperature that is short of temperatures at which they may become deformed. Subsequently, the glass containers are rapidly thermally strengthened in a cooling station in which the outer and inner surfaces including all areas of the glass containers are simultaneously cooled to a temperature below the Strain Point of the glass used in the glass containers, with the cooling shrouds being used to cool the outer surfaces of the glass containers.

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  • EMHART GLASS S.A.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bratton, Kenneth L Avon, US 15 91
Brown, Steven J North Granby, US 31 317
Kammonen, Jarmo Sundsvall, SE 9 31
Lankeu, Ngankeu Pierre S West Hartford, US 2 17
Ringuette, Timothy A Unionville, US 7 69

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